Maxine Taylor 🌐 ☮️

#Brexit -EU bureaucracy is confusing&hugely complex -the result is an ineffective union; no longer capable of finding solutions2challenges faced (G Verhofstadt)

[Maxine Taylor 🌐 ☮️ @maxinetaylor_]

🚨 ⛑️🩺@10DowningStreet & @NHSEngland how is it in 2026 that "we" fund thousands of med students to complete difficult degrees, then "you" don't provide training & development pathways to enable them to actually become employable medical professionals that UK desperately needs?

[DS | Wild Bloom 🌿 @DSWildBloom86]

I’d rather watch kids playing a t-ball game than an MLB game, they are hilarious 😂

[ScienceFocus @ScienceFocusonX]

A tiny bee just did what chemotherapy couldn't.

Scientists in Australia discovered that honeybee venom can wipe out 100% of aggressive breast cancer cells in under 60 minutes.
And the healthy cells around them? Barely touched.

The breakthrough came from Dr. Ciara Duffy and her team at the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, working alongside the University of Western Australia.
They tested venom drawn from 312 honeybees and bumblebees across Australia, Ireland, and England.

The target: triple-negative breast cancer and HER2-enriched breast cancer. Two of the deadliest, most stubborn forms of the disease.
The weapon: melittin. The same tiny peptide that makes a bee sting burn.

At one specific dose, melittin tore through cancer cell membranes completely within an hour. Within just 20 minutes, it shut down the chemical signals cancer cells need to grow and multiply.
Bumblebee venom, which lacks melittin, did nothing. Zero effect, even at high concentrations.

Scientists then recreated melittin synthetically in the lab and got almost identical results, meaning no bees need to be harmed to develop the therapy.

Published in the peer-reviewed journal npj Precision Oncology, the findings are still early-stage. Human trials haven't happened yet.

But one thing is clear. Nature has been hiding answers in plain sight all along, sometimes inside the smallest creatures on Earth.

Source: Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research / npj Precision Oncology (Dr. Ciara Duffy et al.)

[Community Notes & Violations @CNviolations]

Next time I'll wait a min before I judge

[The potting shed @GardenerFliss]

Who doesn’t adore a Bumblebee. Keep a look out for these furry pals. Grow plants that they love, create habitats that feel like home and they will reward you with their beautiful array of stripe jumpers. 💚

[ScienceFocus @ScienceFocusonX]

Forget killing cancer cells. South Korea just figured out how to talk them back into being normal.

Scientists at KAIST in Daejeon have done something the world has been chasing for decades.

They found a molecular switch that flips cancer cells back into healthy cells.

No chemo. No radiation. No destroying anything.

Just… reversal.

Professor Kwang-Hyun Cho and his team caught cancer in the act. That tiny window where a normal cell is on the edge of turning malignant but hasn't fully crossed over yet. They call it the "critical transition" — the same kind of jump that happens when water hits 100°C and becomes steam.

In that split-second window, the cell is unstable. Normal and cancerous at the same time.

And that's exactly where they hit the switch.

In colon cancer trials, they targeted three master genes — MYB, HDAC2, and FOXA2 — and the cancer cells didn't die.

They went back to being healthy intestinal cells. Like nothing ever happened.

The team built a digital twin of the gene network to map every move a cell makes on its way to becoming cancerous. Then they reverse-engineered the path home.

Their paper landed in Advanced Science, published by Wiley.

It's still early. Lab trials and mice. Human treatment is years away.

But the idea of curing cancer without killing a single cell is no longer science fiction.

Source: KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology), published in Advanced Science journal

[Antidepressant Content @depressionlesss]

When his caretaker falls over, first the panda laughs, then gives him a hug 🥹😂❤️

[Neo World @NeomMV]

It’s hard to believe but Vinicunca was only "discovered" by the tourism world around 2015. 🗓️ For centuries, these vibrant colors were completely hidden under a thick layer of snow and ice. Climate change caused the ice to melt, revealing the 14 different minerals underneath. 🏔️

[Science girl @sciencegirl]

Groundhogs having their nails trimmed

The friend reacts in sympathy

[Ross McCulloch @Rossmac212]

Whatever he did wrong I hope she forgives him😂

[Maxine Taylor 🌐 ☮️ @maxinetaylor_]

@jk_rowling @SkyNews Boxing uses weight classes to ensure "fair" competition & safety. Without these divisions - "dangerous" advantage in strength & punching power over opponents

There's a reason why trans males can't win, but trans females do-"unfair" advantage. A=Trans male Trans female divisions.

[Furkan Gözükara @FurkanGozukara]

Absolute bombshell. Data reveals someone made a massive 580 MILLION dollar trade on oil exactly 15 minutes BEFORE Donald Trump posted his tweet about pausing the Iran war. Someone on the inside just made a life changing fortune. The corruption is blatant.

[Metabolic Factor @MetabolicFactor]

Tips for Picking the Best-Tasting Fruits

Most people pick fruits randomly, but small details can make a big difference in taste.

Here’s how to choose sweeter, juicier fruits next time.

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[Maxine Taylor 🌐 ☮️ @maxinetaylor_]

@NuoyiZheng @j_jayyna Thank you 😊

[Maxine Taylor 🌐 ☮️ @maxinetaylor_]

@NuoyiZheng @j_jayyna Thank you kindly for replying. They're so cute 🙂

[Maxine Taylor 🌐 ☮️ @maxinetaylor_]

@NuoyiZheng @j_jayyna Love these characters, please will you tell me how to get these made. Did you just get them screenprinted onto material (fronts & backs) then cut/sew/stuff them yourself? Many thanks.

[Maxine Taylor 🌐 ☮️ @maxinetaylor_]

@Deoficus @Cristuqs @grok It's wasn't properly seated onto one of the wooden blocks, causing wooden block to flip up, which twisted the glass. Glass is brittle, and twisting creates complex stress patterns across the entire piece. Once a crack starts, it travels super quick throughout (shattering effect).

[Maxine Taylor 🌐 ☮️ @maxinetaylor_]

@Artofphysique_ 7x7=49 wives + 7 men = 56 adults x 7 children = 392 children

56 adults + 392 children = 448 people

[Maxine Taylor 🌐 ☮️ @maxinetaylor_]

@MetabolicFactor Flowing

[Maxine Taylor 🌐 ☮️ @maxinetaylor_]

@Goodwinthegr8 @CadioArena @GraceGym_ @grok Just how I solved it 🙂